boustrophedon
英 [,baʊstrə'fiːd(ə)n; ,buː-]
美 [,bʊstrə'fidn]
- n. 牛耕式转行书写法；右行左行交互书写的书法
- adj. 右行左行交互书写的
- adv. 右行左行交互书写地
英文词源
- boustrophedon (n.)
- 1783, ancient form of writing with lines alternately written left-to-right and right-to-left, from Greek, literally "turning as an ox in plowing," from bous "ox" (see cow (n.)) + strephein "to turn" (see strophe).
